I'm confused by the "needed money for healthcare that would never be covered by universal insurance", are you sure such costs wouldn't be covered by NHS or similar had you lived in another country?

The sad fact is there is basically no mental health service in the UK at all. The UK could be dealing with this and giving people in need appropriate care but lack of access to care has been a consistent theme for a decade. It is critically underfunded like everything else in the NHS and barely works even if people do get seen. In a functioning society the government would have anticipated the increased pressure that all this would have on people, especially loosing their jobs due economic impacts, and ensured there was an appropriate safety net. That didn't happen and it just adds to the despair. Many mentioned money worries, not a surprise given the economic havoc this pandemic is delivering.

It isn't just about lockdown or not, there is a whole range of options on how to do all of this and right now the UK government has chosen a lot of bad ways for bad reasons and left a lot of people with no hope. The mental health crisis in the UK has been worsening for a long time now and this is just another log on the fire.

In my country (Scotland) hospitalisations really start increasing in the 45+ age bracket: https://www.travellingtabby.com/scotland-coronavirus-tracker...

Scroll down to “Hospital Admissions by Age Group”

Sure, it’s mostly old people who die (my parents age group actually) but I’m not sure how you tackle the problem of overflowing hospitals.

A lot of people are going to be upset about this, but realistically what is the alternative if you can't get the broader populace to adhere to strict social distancing, mask wearing, and sanitizing?

Seems to me if everyone took these measures seriously and genuinely made an effort to adhere to them we would be able to avoid this as the end game of outbreaks.

Other countries have curtailed massive outbreaks like this, it's possible to not end up in this situation.

The laptop is real. George Mesires, Hunter's lawyer, called the repair shop and asked for the laptop back. The biden campaign has not denied that the laptop is real.

The real question is will it change anything? I don't vote because my guy is an angel. I vote because my guy is the lesser of two evils. Who are these voters who think they are electing saints?